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Work & commute · McMechen

Work & commute in McMechen, WV

Most working residents leave McMechen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (23%), Moundsville (11%) and Glen Dale (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
12 of 758 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 746 McMechen residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McMechen.

746live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
125work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where McMechen goes to work

BellaireMartins FerryMingo JunctionBentleyvillePittsburghMcMechenGlen DaleBenwoodMoundsvilleBethlehemMorgantownWheelingWeirtonCharlestonRichlandPultneyWheelingMoundsvilleGlen DaleMorgantownBenwoodCharlestonRichlandWeirtonPittsburghMcMechen
1
Wheeling6.5 mi away
23%176
2
Moundsville4.5 mi away
11%80
3
Glen Dale3 mi away
3%25
4
Morgantown48.2 mi away
2%16
5
Benwood1.2 mi away
2%13
6
Charleston123 mi away
2%13
7
Richland, OH10.8 mi away
2%13
8
McMechen (in town)right here
2%12
9
Weirton30.7 mi away
2%12
10
Pittsburgh, PA50.8 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%387

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far McMechen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

55%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

McMechen is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McMechen are

137 jobs are based in McMechen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McMechen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McMechen

137 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs McMechen residents hold

758 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month52%
−4%

Jobs based in McMechen, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 137. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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